When last I wrote, I was considering making some changes at work.  We've basically decided to go with plan B (not applying for a new job at a different company, TTC in May).  While of course I'm thrilled about TTC in May, work still sucks.  I've been trying to pass my resume around internally (large company), and see if i can change roles here and get into something more interesting.  But even changing roles internally seems slightly silly if TTC works fairly quickly.  We'll see.  I have up days and down days.  The days when i have defined tasks and a team to work with are pretty good and I feel like i could do this for a while.  The days when my tasks are done or incredibly ill defined (like yesterday and today) are torturous.

The bigger news is that we're in the process of buying a house.  For real this time.  We've been in a limbo situation for the past 6 months, combining trying (and failing) to buy a short sale/foreclosure property with dealing with a sociopathic landlord (not kidding - very creepy).  We didn't want to get preggers until we were settled, or at least well on our way to being settled.  The new house is awesome, and I can't wait to bring a kiddo home to it!  <3  It's also the same distance away from the birth center as the other place we were involved with, no farther, so that's nice.  It definitely seems like a huge step on the way to being ready for a baby, and I'm super excited.  The new place also has an in-law suite already in there, so that option of having the in-laws come for periodic child care is seeming more tolerable, seeing as how they'll have their own personal space, and I'll have my own personal space.  And my own kitchen - I'm not gonna lie, sharing my kitchen is a big deal for me.

In other news, my college-age cousin just facebook-messaged me that she found out in October that she was pregnant by the guy she'd been dating for a month, and in February they eloped.  What a mess.  I mean, she's a great girl, and she'll make a great mother, but I'm sure it's not the way she wanted things to go.  Not to mention that it's on my nerves - I have carefully constructed my life to be responsible and prepared for bringing a life into this world, and I'm annoyed at myself for being jealous of her pregnancy.  She's the third of my cousin's from that family (all younger than me) to have kids.  I just want my turn to come!